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Pine Cliff Recreation Area

Pine Cliff Recreation Area from directly overhead

Pine Cliff Recreation Area is a picnic site in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Bald Hill stands 1 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cahooque Creek Recreation Site, a park 2.3 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.93937, -76.82245

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cahooque Creek Recreation Site: 2.3 mi
  • Havelock Athletic Complex: 5.1 mi
  • Dawson Creek Park: 5.3 mi
  • Dawson Creek Access Area: 5.8 mi
  • Havelock City Park: 6.2 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 12
Attractions: 9
  • Nightmare Factory Haunted Attraction: 6.5 mi
  • Morehead City Waterfront: 16.4 mi
  • Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag: 16.8 mi
  • Lost Treasure Raceway: 17.6 mi
  • Lost Treasure Bumper Boats: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Gardens: 3
  • Kitchen Gardens: 17.0 mi
  • Rose garden: 17.0 mi
  • Maude Moore Latham Memorial Garden: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Sudan Shriners: 16.8 mi
  • Blackbeard: 18.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • High Hill: 21.5 mi
  • Bald Hill: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • US 70 Craven County: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pine Cliff Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillSE 144°1 m23.1 mi
High HillSSE 147°0 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:19
June solstice05:5519:4820:25
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1216:2117:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474955637178818076665650
Precip in4.13.43.63.53.94.97.47.28.23.83.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Point Mcas, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/770861588

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